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Many parties can share responsibility in a sex crimes case
Issues regarding culpability and legal liability routinely emerge in all areas of the law, which can make a timely consultation with a proven attorney a critically important first step for an injured victim to take. And that can be especially true in the realm of sex crimes, for several very important reasons. For starters, prosecutors…
Read MoreDoes a judge like this chill victims’ rape reports?
He apologized, but hey, well … whatever. That has undoubtedly got to be the reaction of legions of people who heard in media reports across the country last week what can only be termed as the outrageous comments of one man regarding rape. Unfortunately, that man is a judge. And from the statements he uttered…
Read MoreCampus sexual assault reporting, Part 2: introducing Callisto
We continue in today’s blog post with a topic we initially broached last week that has been termed “a hot topic in higher education.” Unfortunately, and as noted in our September 11 entry, that subject has nothing to do with anything salutary that is occurring on college campuses in California or elsewhere across the country.…
Read MoreSeriously, how scary has this texting-while-driving thing become?
You know that we’ve literally got a deadly serious problem with texting while driving when stories like this emerge: Cops see motorist “wrist driving” while holding a phone in each hand Cars driven by texting drivers end up in trees People are locked in on YouTube videos when behind the wheel The practice of bowing…
Read MoreLawsuit targets LAUSD in student sexual assault case
The Los Angeles Unified School District is no stranger to claims made by parents and other caregivers that school officials, teachers, coaches and other staff members either committed sexual assault acts against children or abetted them through laxity. A material update regarding one such claim was recently reported via a local media report describing an…
Read MoreAnd yet another sex-assault verdict that spawns public ire
Public indignation regarding perceived laxity in criminal sentencing outcomes for sexual-assault defendants is hardly a geographically confined concern. Indeed, it’s coast to coast. Many readers of our sexual victims’ advocacy blog at the long-tenured Los Angeles personal injury law firm of Taylor & Ring will readily note that after considering today’s post in conjunction with…
Read MoreUnwithering spotlight on California sex-assault case judge
California judge Aaron Persky got a recent dose of public attention so adverse that it has rendered him a virtual pariah in the minds of many state residents. Here’s ample proof of that, supplied courtesy of a recent profile of Persky appearing in the Los Angeles Times: reportedly, about 1.3 million people have signed a…
Read MoreClear momentum on California SOL removal for felony sex crimes
In baseball parlance, the California Assembly just threw a shutout last Thursday, overwhelmingly passing a bill addressing time limits related to sex crime prosecutions. Now that legislation moves to the Senate, which in all likelihood will endorse the bill with the same enthusiasm that House members did. Actually, it was the Senate that moved first,…
Read MoreCrackdown on child sex trafficking ring in California community
Operation “Baby Face” might ostensibly and at first glance sound like something totally innocuous and even uplifting. A photo contest for cute infants, for instance. Maybe an online zoo fundraiser betting that adorable animal shots will bring in viewer contributions. A statement uttered by one commentator in an article on Baby Face quickly belies any…
Read MoreTwin 33-foot trailer trucks: Does federal law allow for them?
Not yet. That is the answer to the above-posed headline question — at least as of today. As noted in a recent media piece discussing twin 33-foot trailer trucks, these true behemoths of the road are not currently approved for nationwide use on the country’s freeways and interstates. That could be changing, though, with a…
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